Improved curtain-fixture



JOHN CRANDEL'L AND P. W. SMITH, OF CHICOPEE. MASSACHU- SETTQ.

Letters Patent N 92,428, minted July 13, 1869.

HEPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of the sama.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that wc, JOHN GRANDELL and P. iV. Smm, both of Ohcopec, in the county of Hampden, :1nd State of Massachusetts, have made and invented n new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and we do hereby dechire that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description oi' the construction nud operation oft-he sinne, reference being 11nd to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters niark like parte, and whereof- Figure 1 is u front elevation;

Figure 2, u sido. or edge elevation of the aulne; :ind

Figure 3, n window showing the tlxtnro attached.

Our invention relates to n. hmco or iixtnro forilolding cumdns, arranged on onlin-ary rollen, :n: any desined point of suspension.

To enable others skilled in thc nrt to practise our invention, we describe the sanne* ns follows:

To the casing a we atmen our invention, thc brame b, and through the opening therein, c, we arrange the operating-wld d.

The opening c we nmkc broad nt one cnd, and gradually contract thc same to n point, or nearly so, ntthe other.

Viren curtain c is rilsod to tho desired height, oord rl is drawn forward into the nzumw pnrt of opening c, and there tightly clasped, holding thc onrtnin sus. pendcd.

By pushing cord fl hack into the broad pnrtof opening c, the cnriniu is released, :md ma)` be rniscd or dropped nt pleasure.

The opening c nmy lio. cnt quite ont nt one sido of bmce b, as indicated nt o, iig. 1, for the more convnnient zn-mngomcnt of cord d, when provided with :i tus- Sol, :ind uitzicht-d to roliorf.

Thus having inscribed our invention, lot it be nndeistmd tinitwe dn not, claim the mnlbinntion oi' n. knotted coul and Stn-ple, ns in patent No. 63,169; but

What. wc do clninl, :1nd desire to sconrc hy Lcttcrs Pntcnt, is-

As n non' article oi' nnmniiiotnro, tho hmml b, constructed :is hcrein doscriluxd, :nul for the purpose npcciiod.

JOHN URANDELL. l'. W. b'iill'lll. 

